Life on the human planet
Focus on the essentials of life, and you’ll discover that one important element is “community.”
The battle for hearts and minds: RT, WikiLeaks and net neutrality
The ongoing battle to maintain net neutrality is perhaps the most important free speech issue facing the United States, if not the West as a whole.
The Third Way: Share-the-Gains Capitalism
The CEO of Chobani is offering a model that is neither no-lose socialism for the rich nor hyper-capitalism for everyone else. Can this work for America?
A ‘down’ year for our deepest pockets?
Billionaire fortunes have shriveled a bit over the past year. Billionaire power hasn’t.
Bernie Sanders Calls For President to End “Inhumane” Deportation Raids
“Raids are not the answer. We cannot continue to employ inhumane tactics involving rounding up and deporting tens of thousands of immigrant families to address a crisis that requires compassion."
Paper or digital, political posters matter as much as ever
“Print is not dead!” Lincoln Cushing exclaims. And digital is not always the ideal alternative – with social media algorithms set up to silo people into comfortable bubbles, these posters might not travel to unlikely audiences.
Just desserts: MAGA suicide pact climaxes its cult of destruction
The more bizarre the MAGA fable,/ The more desperate to finagle. Can hypocrites throttling the Bible/ Not make its movement suicidal?
How major southeast utilities paid local media for favorable coverage
This is an example of how big money can interact with the decline in local journalism to spread false or misleading information, including about the climate crisis and appropriate solutions.
Dakota Access security firm’s top adviser led military intelligence efforts for 1992 LA riots
Law enforcement and U.S. military efforts during the Los Angeles riots created more harm than good.
Federal judge orders 1,300 fired employees of Education Department reinstated
District Court Judge Myong J. Joun in Massachusetts reinstated 1,300 Education Department employees and restored "the Department to the status quo."